{"id":44237,"date":"2026-04-02T11:52:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T15:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/?p=44237"},"modified":"2026-04-02T11:52:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T15:52:32","slug":"open-access-downloads-march-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraries.mit.edu\/news\/open-access-downloads-march-2026\/44237\/","title":{"rendered":"Open access downloads: March 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MarchThe\u00a0Open Access Collection<\/a>\u00a0of DSpace@MIT includes scholarly articles by MIT-affiliated authors made available through\u00a0open access policies at MIT<\/a>\u00a0or publisher agreements.<\/p>\n

Each month we highlight the month\u2019s download numbers and a few of the most-downloaded articles in the collection, and we feature stats and comments from a particular country.<\/p>\n

Due to an increase in harvesting from DSpace, including traffic from AI scraper bots used to train large language models, monthly download numbers have been much higher in the last year than they were previously. This is an issue affecting many OA repositories<\/a>.<\/p>\n

See your own\u00a0download statistics<\/a>\u00a0or those of a particular MIT department, lab, or center.<\/p>\n

Top downloaded articles for March:<\/p>\n

Cost and energy needs of RO-ED-crystallizer systems for zero brine discharge seawater desalination<\/a>, Kishor G. Nayara, Jenifer Fernandesb, Ronan K. McGoverna, Bader S. Al-Anzib, John H. Lienhard V<\/p>\n

SLAM Handbook: From Localization and Mapping to Spatial Intelligence<\/a>, edited by Luca Carlone, Ayoung Kim, Timothy Barfoot, Daniel Cremers, Frank Dellaert<\/p>\n

Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Coupling of Unprotected, Nitrogen-Rich Heterocycles: Substrate Scope and Mechanistic Investigation<\/a>, M. Alexander D\u00fcfert, Kelvin L. Billingsley, Stephen L. Buchwald<\/p>\n

Questions or comments? Email us:\u00a0oastats@mit.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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